The Couple (Black State)
1981
Artist, American, 1923 - 1997
Printer, French, born 1935
Printer, American, born 1948
Publisher
Artwork overview
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Medium
woodcut on Arches Cover wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 85.1 x 74.6 cm (33 1/2 x 29 3/8 in.)
sheet: 101.9 x 91.6 cm (40 1/8 x 36 1/16 in.) -
Accession
1996.56.105
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Catalogue Raisonné
Corlett/Fine 2002, no. 187
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Copyright
© Estate of Roy Lichtenstein
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
the artist, New York; acquired 1996 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Bibliography
1966
Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 890.
2002
Corlett, Mary Lee, and Ruth E. Fine. The Prints of Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné 1948-1997. New York and Washington, D.C.: Hudson Hills Press and the National Gallery of Art, 2002, p. 173, no. 187.
2011
Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 31.69. http://www.nga.gov/gemini
Inscriptions
lower right in graphite: 3/8 rf Lichtenstein '81; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: RL80-941A
Markings
embossed lower right: © [Gemini G.E.L.]; stamped lower left verso in gray ink: © Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles
Wikidata ID
Q75123319